2018 Kentucky Derby odds: American Pharoah's brother 40-1

A full sibling to American Pharoah — also trained by Bob Baffert — is receiving plenty of respect from the Wynn Las Vegas’ race book.

St. Patrick’s Day sits a 40-1 co-fifth choice for the 2018 Kentucky Derby having raced just twice, breaking his maiden at second asking Sept. 2 at Del Mar. His price equals that of Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes winner Sporting Chance in the latest odds released this week.

The early Derby favorites remained the same just days before Churchill Downs offers the first official pari-mutuel pool, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which similarly offers top 2-year-old prospects often at longer odds than on the first Saturday in May.

Through the Wynn, likely juvenile champion Bolt d’Oro is 15-1, the shortest price on the board despite his first defeat at the Breeders’ Cup. Good Magic is 18-1 with strong debut winner Montauk 22-1. Baffert-trained McKinzie is 30-1 before his jump to stakes company along with Solomini, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

As for St. Patrick’s Day, we don’t yet know what’s next. The colt by Pioneerof the Nile and out of Littleprincessemma hasn’t recorded a workout back yet. But if he has talent at all comparable to his brother, keep an eye out as the calendar turns to 2018.